Creating Installation Components
Visual Studio .NET 2003
Installation components allow you to set up custom actions that will occur when your application is deployed. You do this if your application requires additional system resources — such as databases, configuration files, Windows event logs, message queues, or services — to be set up and configured in order to work correctly.
In This Section
- Introduction to Installation Components
- Describes the purpose of installation components, the types of installation components that are available to you, and the classes they are represented by in the System namespace.
- Framework Component Deployment and the Design Process
- Describes how installation components work and the general design process to use in your applications that require them.
- Installation Process
- Provides information on what happens during the installation process.
- State Storage in the Installation Process
- Explains the usage of the Install, Commit, Rollback, and Uninstall methods and how state is maintained throughout the installation process.
- Creating Installation Components - High-Level Process
- Lists the high-level steps in the process of adding installation components to your application and configuring them to behave correctly.
- Walkthrough: Installing an Event Log Component
- Presents an example of creating and configuring an instance of the EventLog component, adding the necessary installation component to deploy it, and deploying and testing your project.
Related Sections
- Walkthrough: Using a Custom Action to Create a Database During Installation
- Presents an example of creating a database during installation using an installation component and a custom action.
- Adding Installers to your Service Application
- Provides directions for creating the installation components that are necessary to install, start, and run your service.
- Installing and Uninstalling Services
- Gives instructions for installing your service and registering it with the system.
- Adding Installation Components to Your Projects
- Explains how to add the necessary installation components to your application.
- Configuring Installation Components
- Explains how to change the default values for an installation component to tailor its behavior.
- Overriding Default Methods on Installation Components
- Explains how to change the default functioning of the Install, Commit, Rollback, and Uninstall methods.
